Thursday 28 February 2013

BVI Company: most beneficial international Business Company

IBC is acronym for international business company. IBC refers to a company running in some tax haven country outside the residence country of company's owner. Such jurisdiction has taxation system of either zero or low level. Thus , owning a company in such a country is always beneficial for  investors. IBC is also known as offshore company. An IBC can run any kind of business whether a corporation or limited company. The working and services of IBC is similar to any other onshore business. The only difference is that offshore IBC is originated to gain from financial and legal system of tax haven jurisdictions.

International business company can not engage his business in the country in the jurisdiction n which his company has incorporated. Forming an IBC company is also an easy task like going to local banks , making contacts with online offshore service providers, providing required documentary and get an offshore bank account opened for funds handling. Agents of offshore company providers totally supports clients in all these tasks. There are many offshore jurisdictions that allows IBC formation facilities to foreign investors. Every jurisdiction has its own set of laws and requirements for formation, direction and management of IBC. But benefits from all of them are same.

One of the world's leading and most popular IBC incorporation center  is British Virgin Island.
More than one million BVI companies have been incorporated with various businesses. There are few factors that makes the BVI an inviting incorporation center :

* Easy business incorporation- Incorporation of a BVI company is easily and accomplished within 3-5  days. Additionally, formation of international business company is more affordable as compared to other offshore jurisdictions. Incorporation in the BVI allows maximum flexibility in relation to the type of company that may be formed. A BVI incorporation may be a company limited by shares or by guarantee, an unlimited company
Flexibility

* It provides flexible international business services. BVI companies can engage in any legal business activity outside the BVI. An individual can role as a shareholder as well as director of the company Or  may have sole director and sole shareholder. If there is any need of meeting then is my held anywhere in the world wither by telephone or some electronic media.

* No annual reporting-A BVI business company does not require to file annual reports like financial statements, accounts or records.

* Jurisdiction transformation-A company  incorporated under some other another jurisdiction can be transferred to BVI Business company as per the laws of that jurisdiction. Similarly, a BVI offshore company may also change its domicile from BVI to some other jurisdiction.

* Privacy- BVI companies provides more privacy and confidentiality to BVI company owners. There is no public record of the identity of shareholders or directors. Only the memorandum or name of company and services of the company are made public.
Asset Protection

BVI companies are able to ensure maximum asset protection to all kind of assets like real estate property, shares, bonds  by transferring company's assets to some trust, foundation or sharing them with another company.
Actoffshore is the most popular offshore international business company provider that facilitates formation of BVI company in BVI offshore center. BVI is an oldest financial center enriched with benefits for investors that let them gain heavy revenues.

Company Formation Steps For An Offshore Company

Offshore company is a company that runs under a jurisdiction outside the residence jurisdiction of  its beneficial owner. All activities, formation, management and direction takes place in foreign jurisdiction. Purpose of owning such a company is to take advantage of legal, financial and taxation system of an offshore jurisdiction. Like all other incorporation businesses, offshore business can sell any products , can own any offshore bank account and can place any deal across international market. Owner's home jurisdiction have no concern with his offshore business. Owner need not to pay any tax or fee in  his home jurisdiction.

Getting an offshore company involves following steps :

select the most suitable jurisdiction

There are many tax-haven  jurisdiction that facilitates company formation. Selecting the most suitable jurisdiction is tricky. Every jurisdiction has its own set of laws and benefits. For this, one can take services of offshore service providers. These providers are registered with some offshore jurisdiction and assist people in their incorporate formation. The service provider has to be chosen carefully to avoid any fraud. This selection must be made based on experience, knowledge and trust of the service provider. With help of these agents, choose the jurisdiction which best suits owner's needs by check complete law pursuit of chosen jurisdiction.

Fill order form

After selecting a suitable jurisdiction, fill in the order form. In this form owner has to provide his basic details like name, contact details, address and other required information. Every jurisdiction has its own set of required information. Owner has to select a unique name for his company. If the chosen name is not acceptable then jurisdiction suggest some other names and owner can select one from them.

Documentation

Jurisdiction asks the owner for some documentation. This documentary process is necessary for authorization purpose to verify details provided in the order form by customer. This document set generally includes passport copy, address proof, identity proof, a reference letter from banker saying that his bank account is in flourishing and affordable position, identity proof of all shareholders and directors. In addition, few page description of type of business that an owner wants to run.

Fund exchange

Total company formation fees will depend on the jurisdiction  chosen and the additional services selected for  offshore corporation. This payment can be made by bank transfer, credit card, cheque or with cash in at offices.

Working and services of offshore entity and other incorporate entities are same . But an offshore company is always set up to reduce tax burden mainly. Benefits and Services of offshore business includes asset protection, low liabilities, tax relaxation and low operating cost. Owner's asset can include anything like real estate property and cash. Once company formation is completed, owner can run it sitting in his residence country. For more business growth , he can invest more fund and enjoy amazing growth in his empire. For more support, owner can have some nominee directors and shareholders in his company jurisdiction that works on his behalf.
Act-offshore is the world's leading offshore company which provides guaranteed services to customers and assist them in company formation. Customers enjoy their online services and maintain companies using its online support.

Benefits of offshore company and steps for company formation

Basic meaning of the term offshore is “far from shore”. But in terms of business world, it means quite different. An offshore company refers to management, direction and operation of a company in foreign jurisdiction. Such a company runs outside the residence country of beneficial owner of company. The basic purpose of owing a company in outside country is to take benefits from financial and legal system of a foreign jurisdiction. Such a jurisdiction is called tax-haven since they charge zero or low level taxes. 

Offshore company works similar to other incorporate entities. Their services and working methods are also same. The only factor that differentiates offshore company from other incorporate entities is a set of benefits from offshore companies. Some of its benefits and services are : 

Tax-haven : Offshore companies are opened in a tax haven jurisdiction. Such a jurisdiction charges zero level or low taxes on the income earned by these companies.

confidentiality : Offshore jurisdiction never disclose any information about beneficial owner , shareholder or director of the such a company. All operations of company are carried out by anonymous name. Beneficial owner may be provided with nominee director to ensure more security.

Asset-protection : It protects all assets of company owner including -- cash, securities, real estate and others. This enables the owner to retain control over their assets while retaining their privacy.

No annual reporting : Company need not to go for annual auditing or reporting of its accounts like other onshore incorporate entities.

Low operating costs : With limited reporting requirements, offshore companies generally have lower maintenance and operating fees. The cost of compliance, preparation of accounts and auditing in on-shore countries is often considerable while offshore companies save on these particular expenses.

Offshore - company formation :

The first thing to get your company formed is to select an offshore jurisdiction. This decision may be complex. Every offshore jurisdiction has its own set of laws and benefits. Few factors that are to be considered while selecting appropriate jurisdiction. Incorporation costs and other business fees play such an important role in the selection process.  Generally, a legal system with lower incorporation fees is selected.  Another important factor is popularity of jurisdiction. The most popular jurisdictions are often the ones that have the best combination of all criteria.  Processing times, including time to complete the company formation process and issue various corporate documents, are another important factor. A jurisdiction that facilitates healthy offshore banking services is also considered while selection process. After selecting right jurisdiction, next step is to order your company. For this, you have to  fill an order form and send it to the jurisdiction. After providing all required documents and information, a verification process takes place to ensure authenticity of owner. After receiving payment and verifying all documents, actually formation process takes place which is completed within time specified in order form. Along with company formation, offshore banking services are also provided to the owner in same jurisdiction. Once formation process is completed, owner can run their business from residence country through agents and nominee directors.
Act-offshore is the world's leading company known for offshore company and an other kind of offshore services. It facilitates online services and online banking for company formation and guarantee full customer supports to offshore company owners.

Benefits of opening offshore bank account with private banking

There is two types of banking : public and private banks. Public banks, also called retail banks, provide services to every type of customers and fulfill their banking needs. Whereas, the former is a personalized form of banking that establishes a secure and more confidential relationship between  clients and private banker. Working and services of both a retail bank and private bank are same. The only difference is that private banks provide highly reliable services to high net-worth individuals. Such individuals own liquid assets like precious metals, real estate property and company shares,  over a certain figure. Their wealth is not manageable by retail banks, so they go for private banking.

The relationship between banker and private bank account holder works on one to one basis. Wealthy individuals with private accounts can meet their banker personally and have direct phone contact with him. A bank can own both a retail as well as private banking separately.

Private form of banking in some offshore  jurisdiction plays a great role for benefits of high net-worth investors. The term ‘offshore’ originated from the Channel Islands being offshore from the United Kingdom. While many offshore banks are located on islands, but this is not compulsory. Today, the term is used to represent every bank  located outside of a home country.

 Such offshore banks are located in some foreign jurisdiction that offers banking services at low taxes. Wealthy investors have been using offshore banking service since many years. The banks offering offshore accounts to foreigners are well established and offer online banking options, credit or debit cards and business by fax or phone.

>> Benefits of offshore bank account :

* Asset protection . offshore private banking provides full protection to all assets as well as cash of the offshore account holder. Thus placing your assets in some offshore jurisdiction out of home country is a secure steps towards asset protection.

* Choosing the nominee. Offshore banking allows account holder to choose nominee account holder after  the offshore account holder.

* Simplicity .One of the best aspect of offshore banking is getting an offshore account opened is a straightforward process. Offshore service provider agents helps people open their bank accounts without any need for them to actually visit that offshore company.

* Owner's privacy. Utilizing an offshore bank service to protect a rich amount of assets, bank transactions and/or personal financial investments provides additional privacy and anonymity.
Offshore banking ensures your accounts are kept strictly private. The confidentiality of all operations conducted through the account is protected by legislation.

Offshore bank accounts are considered illegal , used only by criminals. But today, most of the offshore banks have stricter laws than the onshore banks. Depending on a personal account holder's personal circumstances it's possible to reduce tax liability, increase prosperity prospective and increase comfort with the use of an offshore bank account. The most important reason for opening an offshore banking account is to gain from financial and legal system of tax haven jurisdictions. Investors gain heavily from the offshore banks due to their lower taxation policy over traditional banking. Another advantage thing about it is that a person can open more than one bank account in different offshore jurisdictions.
Act-offshore is world's leading offshore company that provides offshore services like private banking,BVI company, offshore bank account and many more in world's best jurisdiction.

Tuesday 26 February 2013

BVI company Formation

Some people misinterpret the term offshore as “tax heaven” . But its not true. Offshore generally means “far from  shore”. In terms of company formation,it means formation of company away from  home jurisdiction. A person may want his company formation in another jurisdiction to take benefits from their jurisdiction. A well structured offshore company formation plan is simple and provides financial privacy  for business.

Act-offshore is an offshore incorporation services firm located in British Virgin Islands. we provide clients with services that maximize business profits and revenues with full financial  protection. For an offshore  company formation, client has to get registered with BVI company. BVI (British Virgin Islands ) is an oldest internationally recognized offshore center. BVI has an independent and healthy  leagl system while maintaining common laws of British territory. Many other offshore jurisdictions based themselves on the BVI laws before developing their own corporate laws.

>> Company formation steps:

* Registration: client can register by either filling online registration form or  download it and fax it. For shell companies, you use same form.

* Verification: On receiving your order form, we will contact with client and confirm all information provided by client. Provide accurate contact detail, Otherwise, company formation process to be hanged.

* Documentation:  As required by  law, we will ask client for some documents like  passport or identity card, proof of address etc. Client's information is kept confidential. it is not disclosed in public.

* Payment receipt:  client needs to send payment receipt along with documents.

* Document set: we will prepare set of  your corporate documents which includes the standard logical sequence of

* documentation: original Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum of Association, Articles of Association,  appointment of Directors and the allocation of shares, share certificates, copies of the Registrar of Directors and the Registrar of Shareholders. Your documents are signed by agents on your behalf.

BVI company is the International Business Company (IBC). IBC’s are very popular and well known for their flexibility and tax free services.

>> Services /features of BVI company :

* It provide services for business,E-commerce,Consultants,International business,holding movable or non-movable properties,Stockbroker.

* BVI  is regulated under the Business Companies Act 2004.

* BVI offers  high level of Confidentiality. No officer name is disclosed to the registrar during company registration.

* No annual auditing and accounting is needed.

* Their standard currency is USD(US$).

* BVI has a fast and efficient Registration process .it take only  1-2 days to finalize registration.

* Efficient communication medium

* no secretary is required for BVI companies.

* BVI requires Minimum of 1 Director and Shareholder.

* Minimum documentation requirement. A certified copy of your passport (or identity card), and proof of domicile dated less than 3 months are required only.

* To make a document legally acceptable abroad,  second-level certification of public documents is done. This is called Apostille legalisation.

We have many offices and branches in many countries. So,we provide services directly without any intermediary. Using our extensive network of professional contacts, we are able to provide qualitative and competitively-priced offshore company formation solutions.
Act-Offshore provides offshore Company Formation, asset protection trusts BVI Company,International Business Company, offshore companies and structures; company management and secretarial services; international trusts and foundation management;offshore banking accounts and technical support services for the international investor.

Offshore Bank Account For International Business Company

Offshore company formation means formation of an international business company for any business. so client's financial safety at international level is vital part of our services. For this, we provide offers offshore banking ,also known as private banking. we have secure relationships with world's safest offshore banks that provide safest ,reliable and stable services to our clients.

After company formation, an offshore bank account is opened for the company, in an offshore bank that comes under jurisdiction chosen by client. offshore banking is quite different and advantageous over retail banking. Offshore banking means owning a bank account by a company or individual in a bank that is located outside their home country. The term “offshore banking” undoubtedly suggests that these banks are located on islands. But many of them are located onshore also such as Luxembourg and Switzerland.

Process for opening an offshore bank account for an international business company is fairly simple. Although, Some activities like choosing currency for funds and withdrawal of funds may be complex, but offshore banks provide easy alternatives for this.

4 easy steps of banking process:

Provide your personal information. Banks will verify this information by means of some legal documents like passport, driving license or identity card. For authenticity of these documents, demanded by offshore banks, you may need to visit some  government office for apostilles stamp which is an internationally accepted certification mark.
To verify source of your  investment, offshore bank may ask for information about your investments and  some additional documents . Offshore banks  have to go through a set of many legal activities because they are under pressure not to do anything, considered illegal, at any cost.

Choose currency ,which you want for funds in  bank account. This is very advantageous option, in case your domestic currency is unstable. But this is not true always. It may cause  heavy expanses for exchanging currencies to make deposits and withdrawal. So it is less recommended to choose currency of country other than jurisdictions chosen.
Finally, Offshore bank accounts are mostly funded  through international wire transfers which is a paid service. Pricing varies from bank to bank. Offshore banks uses some alternatives to this. They allow using cash cards issued or  checks. But checks on foreign accounts are not always accepted. The best option is to use two accounts: one offshore and one domestic. With this option, large offshore funds will be transferred to  domestic bank account using electronic wire transfers. Now, you can access domestic bank accounts using local banking services.

Act-offshore provider facilitates services of world's most prestigious banks : swiss banking, Luxembourg banking, Cyprus banking and Hong-Kong banking. These banks provide total assistance to the client with services : asset protection,low/zero level taxation, Internet banking,financial privacy,free maintenance service,cash card services for deposits and withdrawals of funds and lot more superior services. Act-offshore has secure relationship with bank partners working with these banks since many years.

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Role of Private Banking For Offshore Company

Normally, a company refers to an entity engaged in some business like partnership,corporation and consultancy. Whereas, offshore means outside  the nation jurisdiction. So, offshore company means a company running under a jurisdiction outside one's own jurisdiction. For example, for an Australian citizen,BVI is offshore jurisdiction . An offshore company offers greater financial privacy by means of private banking/offshore banking. Private banking provides secure techniques and more attention to high net worth individuals who have  huge amount of liquid assets as compared to an average person. such individual's account are not maintainable by retail banks easily. Here private banking comes into picture. They are private in the sense that they never disclose client's account publicly except in case of some serious legal issue.

>> Services/benefits of private banking:

* zero/low-level tax services
* asset-protection
* financial privacy
* Internet banking
* inexpensive International ATM cards
* free account maintenance service
* unlimited deposits and withdrawals

Learn more about how offshore company incorporation can help with your protection needs by calling act-offshore.com . We form thousands of offshore companies every year, helping thousands of investors with their protection and privacy needs with  services of some offshore and onshore banks:

Swiss bank account : Swiss private bank accounts have few superior features that makes a corporation  to choose their services. Swiss private banking is world's the most prestigious banking. They allow people to open private bank account only with $300,000 USD to deposit. Swiss private bank accounts ensure excellent growth in business and personal revenue for longterms.

Cyprus bank account : Cyprus  has the lowest tax rates out of the 25 European Union member states, making it an incredible offshore center. Cyprus is not considered the perfect location for everyone, as it has signed up to meet the exacting requirements of the EU Savings Tax Directive. However, Cyprus offshore is still very appealing, having over 17,000 offshore companies in Cyprus. The Cyprus banking and legal system are  are well regulated.

Hong Kong bank account : Hong Kong offshore banking is popular due to Hong Kong’s excellent reputation as a financial  center. they are able to open a Hong Kong corporate bank account quickly and easily. The initial deposit for a Hong Kong corporate bank account is US$2,000

Luxembourg bank account :An offshore savings bank in Luxembourg  is quite easy to open, once required documents are available. Initial deposit to open a Luxembourg private bank account is  just 150,000 Euro.Act-offshore has healthy relationship with  partners of these banks  which assists our clients to open an offshore account easily and quickly. The documents needed by banks are : completed registration form, address proof like passport/identity card, proof of source of investment/funds, summarized business plans of  client. Banks may demand additional documents for verification and authorization purposes. Thus, Creating an IBC, is now an easy step process.
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